Meeting/Event Information

BSCM

Basics of Supply Chain Management

** For CPIM students studying and taking exams in the middle of the CPIM reconfiguration, please note students passing the BSCM and M2 exams would allow a student to earn a CPIM certification.

This is an introductory course for production and inventory management personnel and CPIM candidates . This course provides basic definitions and concepts for planning and controlling the flow of materials into, through, and out of an organization. It explains fundamental relationships among the activities that occur in the supply chain from suppliers to customers. In addition, the course addresses types of manufacturing systems, forecasting, master planning, material requirements planning, capacity management, production activity control, purchasing, inventory management, distribution, quality management, and Just-in-Time manufacturing